[Linux-aus] Open Source in Government

Sridhar Dhanapalan sridhar at dhanapalan.com
Fri Sep 24 12:04:42 EST 2010


On 22 September 2010 19:13, Mike Carden <mike.carden at gmail.com> wrote:
> [1] American spelling due to GPL terms

It's actually the correct spelling, since in this context you are
using the verb form of the word.

  licence = noun
  license = verb

Just as practice/practise, advice/advise, etc.

Americans often drop the noun form and use the verb form exclusively.

/end language Nazi rant :p


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